Introduction
BMC Health Services Research 2014 14(Suppl 1):I1
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Volume 14 Supplement 1
Uptake and impact of research for evidence-based practice: lessons from the Africa Health Systems Initiative's research component
Research
Edited by Esmé Lanktree, Marc Cohen and Renée Larocque
The publication costs associated with this supplement are funded by Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada and the International Development Research Centre through the Global Health Research Initiative. Articles have undergone the journal's standard peer review process for supplements. Supplement Editor declarations: Esmé Lanktree serves as Program Management Officer with the Global Health Research Initiative. Renée Larocque serves as Senior Program Officer with the Global Health Research Initiative. Marc Cohen serves as Program Officer with the Global Health Research Initiative. The Global Health Research Initiative supported the assembly and publication of this supplement. The views expressed in this supplement are those of the authors and do not represent the views of the Global Health Research Initiative, the International Development Research Centre, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, nor Foreign Affairs, Trade and Development Canada.
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Drugs for some but not all: inequity within community health worker teams during introduction of integrated community case management
The Ugandan health system now supports integrated community case management (iCCM) by community health workers (CHWs) to treat young children ill with fever, presumed pneumonia, and diarrhea. During an iCCM pi...
BMC Health Services Research 2014 14(Suppl 1):S1
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Introduction of mobile phones for use by volunteer community health workers in support of integrated community case management in Bushenyi District, Uganda: development and implementation process
A substantial literature suggests that mobile phones have great potential to improve management and survival of acutely ill children in rural Africa. The national strategy of the Ugandan Ministry of Health cal...
BMC Health Services Research 2014 14(Suppl 1):S2
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A quasi-experimental assessment of the effectiveness of the Community Health Strategy on health outcomes in Kenya
Despite focused health policies and reform agenda, Kenya has challenges in improving households’ situation in poverty and ill health; interventions to address the Millennium Development Goals in maternal and c...
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Perceptions of health stakeholders on task shifting and motivation of community health workers in different socio demographic contexts in Kenya (nomadic, peri-urban and rural agrarian)
The shortage of health professionals in low income countries is recognized as a crisis. Community health workers are part of a “task-shift” strategy to address this crisis. Task shifting in this paper refers t...
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Validity and reliability of data collected by community health workers in rural and peri-urban contexts in Kenya
Reliability and validity of measurements are important for the interpretation and generalisation of research findings. Valid, reliable and comparable measures of health status of individuals are critical compo...
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A randomised controlled trial to investigate effects of enhanced supervision on primary eye care services at health centres in Kenya, Malawi and Tanzania
Knowledge and skills of primary health care workers (PHCWs) in primary eye care have been demonstrated to be inadequate in several districts of Kenya, Malawi, and Tanzania. We tested whether enhanced supervisi...
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Pilot-testing service-based planning for health care in rural Zambia
Human resources for health (HRH) planning in Zambia, as in other countries, is often done by comparing current HRH numbers with established posts, without considering whether population health needs are being ...
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Supporting middle-cadre health care workers in Malawi: lessons learned during implementation of the PALM PLUS package
The government of Malawi is committed to the broad rollout of antiretroviral treatment in Malawi in the public health sector; however one of the primary challenges has been the shortage of trained health care ...
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Medical and economic benefits of telehealth in low- and middle-income countries: results of a study in four district hospitals in Mali
The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of telehealth on 1) the diagnosis, and management in obstetrics and cardiology, 2) health care costs from patients’ perspectives, 3) attendance at health centre...
BMC Health Services Research 2014 14(Suppl 1):S9
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Prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV in Kenya: challenges to implementation
The prevention of mother-to-child transmission of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is lauded as one of the more successful HIV prevention measures. However, despite some gains in the prevention of mother-to-...
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